Rose&Mike
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- Joined
- Jul 25, 2008
I had an interesting conversation--actually it kind of bothered me--with someone who sits near us at the milb ballpark we go to. Anyhow, the lady told me her daughter has c-d and has had it for years but only recently (within the last year) stopped eating gluten and that's because she ended up in the hospital and was very sick.
She then went on to tell me that recently the daughter "cheated" at her own daughter's wedding. At the rehearsal dinner they had some spaghetti dish and she went ahead and just had it for dinner. And then was sick for the entire wedding. I think the lady who was telling me this story was really worried about her daughter and how she wasn't taking care of herself.
This really bothered me on so many levels. First of all, if you have actual c-d or knew that gluten was going to make you really sick, why would you go years without taking it seriously until it finally put you in the hospital? I think in general we are just all grossly undereducated about food intolerances.
The other thing that really bothered me, if you knew your mother (or insert a close relative here) had a health problem where she really shouldn't eat something, wouldn't you make an effort to have something for her to eat at your rehearsal dinner? Normally, I would never expect anyone to do something special for me, but really, at my own child's wedding I would either make arrangements or ask them how I could make arrangements.
But maybe she thought her Mom doesn't take it seriously so why should I, which I guess brings us back to the grossly undereducated.
I'm not passing judgment, just found the whole scenario interesting. I know that I often feel like the odd one out at work and social events, but I am really ok with not eating or making sure I bring stuff along. And I know that I often say to Mike--maybe I really don't have a gluten problem. Wishful thinking on my part.
But I do not cheat. It is so not worth it. It is only food, and there is no way I want to go back to how I felt or looked before. I just have to remind myself sometimes of all the symptoms that I no longer have.
Anyhow, just been thinking about this and thought I'd share.
She then went on to tell me that recently the daughter "cheated" at her own daughter's wedding. At the rehearsal dinner they had some spaghetti dish and she went ahead and just had it for dinner. And then was sick for the entire wedding. I think the lady who was telling me this story was really worried about her daughter and how she wasn't taking care of herself.
This really bothered me on so many levels. First of all, if you have actual c-d or knew that gluten was going to make you really sick, why would you go years without taking it seriously until it finally put you in the hospital? I think in general we are just all grossly undereducated about food intolerances.
The other thing that really bothered me, if you knew your mother (or insert a close relative here) had a health problem where she really shouldn't eat something, wouldn't you make an effort to have something for her to eat at your rehearsal dinner? Normally, I would never expect anyone to do something special for me, but really, at my own child's wedding I would either make arrangements or ask them how I could make arrangements.
But maybe she thought her Mom doesn't take it seriously so why should I, which I guess brings us back to the grossly undereducated.
I'm not passing judgment, just found the whole scenario interesting. I know that I often feel like the odd one out at work and social events, but I am really ok with not eating or making sure I bring stuff along. And I know that I often say to Mike--maybe I really don't have a gluten problem. Wishful thinking on my part.
But I do not cheat. It is so not worth it. It is only food, and there is no way I want to go back to how I felt or looked before. I just have to remind myself sometimes of all the symptoms that I no longer have.
Anyhow, just been thinking about this and thought I'd share.